what

Question 1

study of microbes

Answer 1

Microbiology

Question 2

very small living and nonliving entities that need the use of various types of microscopes in order to be seen and studied

Answer 2

microbes

Question 3

2 major categories of microbes

Answer 3

• acellular microbes
• cellular microbes

Question 4

infectious particles

Answer 4

acellular microbes

Question 5

viruses and prions

Answer 5

acellular microbes

Question 6

include all bacteria, archaea, protozoa, algae, fungi

Answer 6

cellular microbes

Question 7

disease-causing bacteria

Answer 7

pathogens

Question 8

microbes that do not cause disease

Answer 8

non-pathogens

Question 9

resident microbes

Answer 9

indigenous microbiota

Question 10

usually don’t cause any problems but have the potential to

Answer 10

opportunistic pathogens

Question 11

microbes waiting for the opportunity to cause disease

Answer 11

opportunistic pathogens

Question 12

when the host is stressed, weakened, or immunosuppressed

Answer 12

opportunistic pathogens

Question 13

the indigenous microbiota is usually absent in (4)

Answer 13

fetus
blood and lymph
spinal fluid
most internal tissues and organs

Question 14

reasons why microbes are temporary

Answer 14

• flushed away from bodily secretions
• unable to compete with resident microbiota
• washed from external areas by bathing
• fail to survive in the acidic and alkaline environment of the site
• killed by substances produced by indigenous microbiota

Question 15

imbalance between the host and its microorganisms due to the destruction of the resident microbiota

Answer 15

DYSBIOSIS